On the use of a predictor-corrector scheme to couple the dynamics with the physical parametrizations in the ECMWF model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 589 PART C, 2003, Pages 1217-1236

  Cullen, M J P ^a   Salmond, D J ^a  

^a European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balanced response; Multiple timescales; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; SWITCHING;

TIME INTEGRATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0037258596     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.12     Document Type: Article

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